José Daras (born 28 May 1948 in

Malonne Malonne ( nl, Maeslangen) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the city of Namur, located in the Namur province, province of Namur, Belgium. It stood as an independent List of municipalities of the Walloon Region, municipality until 1977 ...

) is a

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politician and a member of

Ecolo Ecolo, officially Écologistes Confédérés pour l'organisation de luttes originales'', (English: Confederate Ecologists for the Organisation of Original Struggles)'' is a French-speaking political party in Belgium based on green politics. The ...

Early professional career

Before dedicating his life to his political career, José Daras taught

geography Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth description") is a field of science devoted to the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and ...

during 10 years.

Political career

He is one of the founder of the green party

, created in 1980.José Daras
Etopia From 1981 to 1999, He was a member of the

Belgian federal parliament The Federal Parliament is the bicameral parliament of Belgium. It consists of the Chamber of Representatives (Dutch: , french: Chambre des Représentants, german: Abgeordnetenkammer) and the Senate (Dutch: , french: Sénat, german: Senat). It sit ...

. He was minister of transports, energy and mobility in the

Walloon government The Walloon Government (french: Gouvernement wallon) or Government of Wallonia (french: Gouvernement de Wallonie) is the executive branch of Wallonia, and it is part of one of the six main governments of Belgium. It sits in Namur, where the Parli ...

from 1999 to 2004. He was elected as a member of the

Belgian Senate The Senate ( nl, Senaat, ; french: Sénat, ; german: Senat) is one of the two chambers of the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Chamber of Representatives. It is considered to be the "upper house" of the Federal Parlia ...

in 2007.

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1948 births Living people Ecolo politicians Members of the Belgian Federal Parliament People from Namur (city) {{Wallonia-politician-stub